Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads ...

AND BALLADS, 151
My lawes and my commandiments,
Saith Chrift, were knowne to thee ; 130
But of the fame in any wife,
Not yet one word did yee.
I grant the fame, O Lord, quoth me 1
Moft lewdly did I live ;
But yet the loving father did 1 35
His prodigal fon forgive.
So I forgive thy foul, he fayd,
Through thy repenting crye ;
Come enter then into my reft,
I will not thee denye. 140
xnr.
DULCINA.
Given from two ancient copies, one in black-print, in the
Pepys colleclion ; the other in the editor's folio MS. The
fourth fanza is not found in MS', '
and feetns redundant.
This fong is quoted as